Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approves 2019 promotions, tenure, continued appointments
June 3, 2019

The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved the following promotions, tenure, and continued appointments at its June 3 meeting.
Promotion to associate professor with tenure
- Nicole Abaid, biomedical engineering and mechanics
- Irving Coy Allen, biomedical sciences and pathobiology
- Lara Anderson, physics
- Thomas Archibald, agricultural, leadership, and community education
- Brian Badgley, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
- Edwin Barnes, physics
- Scott Barrett, forest resources and environmental conservation
- Andrea Bertke, population health sciences
- Jennifer Bondy, sociology
- Cayelan Carey, biological sciences
- Leandro Castello, fish and wildlife conservation
- Clayton Caswell, biomedical sciences and pathobiology
- Julianne Chung, mathematics
- Kelly Cobourn, forest resources and environmental conservation
- Harpreet Singh Dhillon, electrical and computer engineering
- Samer El-Kadi, animal and poultry sciences
- Gonzalo Ferreira, dairy science
- James Gray, physics
- Adrienne Ivory, communication
- Ran Jin, industrial and system engineering
- Changhee Jung, computer science
- Luke Juran, geography
- Andrew Kemper, biomedical engineering and mechanics
- Kiho Lee, animal and poultry sciences
- Yang Liu, mechanical engineering
- Nneka Logan, communication
- Paul Marek, entomology
- Frank May, marketing
- F. Marc Michel, geosciences
- Yuliya Minkova, modern and classical languages and literatures
- Shalini Misra, urban affairs and planning, School of Public and International Affairs
- Kimberly Morgan, agricultural and applied economics
- Marcus Myers, communication
- Amanda Nelson, School of Performing Arts
- Charles Nichols, School of Performing Arts
- Kenneth Oestreich, biomedical sciences and pathobiology
- Megan O'Rourke, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
- Bodicherla Aditya Prakash, computer science
- Jennifer Sano-Franchini, English
- Andrew Scerri, political science
- Kendra Sewall, biological sciences
- Nina Stark, civil and environmental engineering
- Robert Thomas, forest resources and environmental conservation
- Kelly Trogdon, philosophy
- Xiaowei Wu, statistics
- Ariana Wyatt, School of Performing Arts
- Yang (Cindy) Yi
Tenure at the currently held rank of associate professor
- Brook Kennedy, industrial design, School of Architecture + Design
- Robin Queen, biomedical engineering and mechanics
Promotion to professor
- Amos Abbott, electrical and computer engineering
- Shawn Askew, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
- Rolando Burgos, electrical and computer engineering
- Linda Dahlgren, large animal clinical sciences
- Raffaella De Vita, biomedical engineering and mechanics
- Alexander Elgart, mathematics
- Michael Fox, biological sciences
- Emmanuel Frimpong, fish and wildlife conservation
- Feng Guo, statistics
- Dana Hawley, biological sciences
- Christine Kaestle, human development and family science
- Sarah Karpanty, fish and wildlife conservation
- Eric Kaufman, agricultural, leadership, and community education
- Lara Khansa, business information technology
- Giti Khodaparast, physics
- Zhenyu Kong, industrial and systems engineering
- M. Iuliana Lazar, biological sciences
- Louis Madsen, chemistry
- Harold McKenzie, large animal clinical sciences
- Kyungwha Park, physics
- Robert Rhoads, animal and poultry sciences
- Edmundo Rubio, internal medicine
- Walid Saad, electrical and computer engineering
- Birgit Scharf, biological sciences
- Gary Skaggs, School of Education
- John (Jake) Socha, biomedical engineering and mechanics
- Cornel Sultan, aerospace and ocean engineering
- Brian Unwin, family medicine
- Vinodh Venkatesh, modern and classical languages and literatures
- Robert Weiss, geosciences
- Christopher Williams, mechanical engineering
- Robert Williams, food science and technology
- Yaling Yang, electrical and computer engineering
- Danfeng Yao, computer science
- Wen You, agricultural and applied economics
- Lijuan Yuan, biomedical sciences and pathobiology
- Laura Zanotti, political science
Promotion to associate professor
- Mandy Atkinson, pediatrics
- Sameh Aziz, internal medicine
- Ralph (Allen) Blackwood, internal medicine
- Katie Love Bower, surgery
- Richard Cordle, pediatrics
- Emily Doherty, pediatrics
- Mahtab Foroozesh, internal medicine
- Monica Garin-LaFlam, pediatrics
- Douglas Grider, basic science education
- Susanti Ie, internal medicine
- Stephanie Lareau, emergency medicine
- Bruce Long, surgery
- Juan Olazagasti, pediatrics
- Biraj Patel, radiology
- Karen Perkins, family and community medicine
- Stephen Phillips, internal medicine
- Virginia Powel, pediatrics
- Erica Reynolds, pediatrics
- Marrieth Rubio, internal medicine
- Judy Smith, interprofessionalism
- Gary Swank, internal medicine
- Terri-ann Wattsman, surgery
- Eric Williams, internal medicine
Promotion to advanced instructor
- Edna Jasso-Hernandez, mathematics
- Matthew Komelski, human development and family science
- Promotion to senior instructor
- Jennifer Barton, English
- Heather Cox, human nutrition, foods, and exercise
- Neil Johnson, geosciences
- Edward Lautenschlager, English
- Brandi Quesenberry, communication
- Vanessa Ruccolo, English
- Ila Schepisi, human development and family science
- Jessica Schmale, mathematics
- Richard Seyler, biological sciences
- Promotion to professor of practice
- Derek Klock, finance
- Promotion to collegiate assistant professor
- Brandy Faulkner, political science
- Courtney Thomas, political science
Promotion to collegiate associate professor
- Kristie Cooper, electrical and computer engineering
- Anne Driscoll, statistics
- Suchitra Samanta, sociology
Promotion to clinical associate professor
- Sabrina Barry, small animal clinical sciences
- James Brown, large animal clinical sciences
- Thomas Cecere, biomedical sciences and pathobiology
- Rebecca Funk, large animal clinical sciences
- John Gratto, School of Education
Promotion to clinical professor
- Carol Cash, School of Education
Continued appointment with promotion to associate professor
- Andrea Ogier, University Libraries
- Virginia (Ginny) Pannabecker, University Libraries
- Anita Walz, University Libraries
Continued appointment at the currently held rank of associate professor
- Yi Shen, University Libraries
Promotion to senior Extension agent
- Michael Andruczyk, City of Chesapeake Cooperative Extension
- Kevin Camm, City of Lynchburg Cooperative Extension
Promotion to Extension agent:
- Alani Adkins, City of Danville Cooperative Extension
- Michael Broaddus, Caroline County Cooperative Extension
- Sarah Crews, Goochland County Cooperative Extension
- Douglas Horn, Rockingham County Cooperative Extension
- Phillip Meeks, Wise County Cooperative Extension
- Teresa Misch, King George County Cooperative Extension
- Tyler Painter, Floyd County Cooperative Extension
- Hannah Robbins, Dinwiddie County Cooperative Extension
- Hunter Romano, Wise County Cooperative Extension
- Sandy Stoneman, Wythe County Cooperative Extension
- Corissa Vanden Hoek, Nelson County Cooperative Extension
- Emily Wells, Wise County Cooperative Extension
- LaSonya White, Surry County Cooperative Extension
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